Today's News

The Centerville Jazz Band in Centerville, Ohio announces the addition of Ted Leith to the staff for the 2011 fall season.
Leith will be the Director of Marching Percussion for the marching band and indoor drumline programs, as well as the primary private instructor for all of our students.
Leith comes to Centerville with experience as a member of Rhythm X and Redline indoor drumlines, as well as The Oregon Crusaders and The Cavaliers drum and bugle corps’. He has also played and traveled extensively with Top Secret Drum Corps based in Basel Switzerland.

The Harrison County Farmers Market will open the 2011 Farmers Market located at Flat Run Veterans Park on Saturday, April 30 at 10 a.m.
After completion of the market facility we have prepared for this date. We will have a representative from the Kentucky Governors Office of AG Policy and members of county and city government to participate in the ribbon cutting ceremony.

The corn planting season has begun for a few who are planting a large number of acres. With the current wet period it may be different to plant corn at the optimum time for the highest yield possible. Soil temperatures and wet conditions will determine how successful we will be for the production season.
Dr. Jim Herbek, Corn Specialist at Princeton Station, developed a fact sheet on planting dates which should consider all information when deciding on timing of planting corn. I have selected a part of this article for you to consider.

Starting seeds indoors turns out to be a necessary skill if you want success with early crops that prefer cooler temperatures during the growing season like cabbage, broccoli and Brussels sprouts.
Setting out a young plant means it has a chance to reach maturity before our summer temperatures soar and the plants bolt and become bitter.

Karen Woodrich has been named Kentucky’s USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) State Conservationist.
Woodrich comes to Kentucky from Champaign, Ill., where she served as the Assistant State Conservationist for Operations.
She has also served as Acting State Conservationist in Vermont, and an Area Conservationist covering 23 counties in Iowa.

On April 13, Gov. Steven L. Beshear recognized National Donate Life Month with the Circuit Court Clerks of Kentucky.
In the US, 110,000 people and almost 700 Kentuckians, are currently waiting for life-saving organ transplants. Kentucky’s Circuit Court Clerks have been active in promoting organ donation since 1992. Together they have raised more than $7 million to educate and raise public awareness about this crucial need.

HARRISON COUNTY
SHERIFF’S REPORT
Traffic Cases
The following information from the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office indicates drivers and/or owners whose vehicles were involved in accidents.
CASE REPORTS
April 3 – At 3 p.m., Tim Thomas reported that he was verbally attacked about taking pictures of a young man riding a dirt bike in front of his house.
$April 6 – At 7:52 p.m., a woman reported that someone was sending her threatening text messages.